In the last decade, up to eleven films starring Mathieu Amalric have gone through the Cannes film festival, so this year could not miss a new job starring him.
And if this year the actor again sits in the director's chair, then double reason for the French competition to decide to screen the film, which in this case is entitled «The blue room«.
"La chambre bleue" is the third film for the big screen directed by Mathieu Malric, who with his second work "Tour»He already participated in the official section of Cannes in 2010, finally winning the award for best director and the Fipresci Award.
The film, starring Amalric himself with Léa Drucker, Laurent Poitrenaux, Stephanie Cleau y Mona jaffart, tells the story of Tony Falconey and Andrée Despierre, two childhood friends who become lovers when they meet again as adults despite being both married. Tony breaks off the relationship and goes on vacation with his wife and daughter, but Andrée disagrees with the breakup and starts harassing Tony with letters that become more threatening when her husband dies.
With "La chambre bleue", Mathieu Amalric will not fight for the Palme d'Or as "La chambee bleue" has been selected for the section Uncertain regard from the Cannes Festival.